U.S.-Japan trade relations in telecommunications equipment markets = [Terekomyunikēshon setsubi shijō ni okeru Nichi-Bei tsūshō kankei] / Leland L. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Leland L.

Contributor:

Center for U.S.-Japan Relations (Rand Corporation)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Telecommunication equipment industry--Japan.

Telecommunication equipment industry.

Telecommunication equipment industry--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 77 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

US-Japan trade relations in telecommunications equipment markets.

United States trade relations in telecommunications equipment markets.

Terekomyunikēshon setsubi shijō ni okeru Nichi-Bei tsūshō kankei.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 1993.

Language Note:

Summaries in Japanese and English.

Summary:

The U.S. telecommunications trade deficit with Japan has risen during the last decade, and some have alleged that Japan has engaged in "one-sided" trade and "unfair" competition. With a time frame starting in the late 1970s, this study addresses two overarching questions: How are trade relations between the two countries being affected by changes in the market structure and technological advances? In light of those changes, are trade tensions in the future likely to be more serious or less so than in the past? The authors single out changes in market structure and technological advances because of their prominence in telecommunications. Both the United States and Japan have experienced a shift from monopoly toward competitive markets; technological advance is strikingly illustrated in the emergence of cellular telephones, high definition television (HDTV), and other services.